All Lists Category Financial institution management   Financial markets   Asset management   Wholesale business Retail business   IT and operations   Risk management   Pension management Financial infrastructures   Banking             All Lists Number & Date of Release Author Title No.86 August 10, 2010 Tetsuya Inoue Vertical integration: UK's novel approach to financial regulatory reform No.85 July 20, 2010 Atsuo Urakabe Growth of the asset management business in Asia No.84 July 12, 2010 Tetsuya Inoue Reconsidering methods of curbing liquidity risk No.83 July 12, 2010 Hajime Minamimoto China's retail brokerages aim to change the rules of the game No.82 June 10, 2010 Sadakazu Osaki Reform of US circuit breakers and ongoing investigation into the flash crash No.81 June 10, 2010 Hisashi Kaneko Financial institutions begin to prepare for the advent of Japanese ISAs No.80 May 28, 2010 Sadakazu Osaki US equity market hit by "flash crash" No.79 May 26, 2010 Tetsuya Inoue Background to Shirakawa's instruction to staff No.78 May 10, 2010 Sadakazu Osaki OSE/Jasdaq merger's significance and the future of Japan's venture markets No.77 April 10, 2010 Sadayuki Horie Key to renewed growth in asset management business is an Asian focus No.76 April 10, 2010 Tetsuya Inoue Policy Response in 2010:Building a foundation for the next growth phase No.75 March 25, 2010 Tetsuya Inoue Whither the G7? No.74 March 10, 2010 Hiroki Kato Quantifying price improvement delivered by dark pools No.73 March 10, 2010 Atsuo Urakabe Developing Asian asset management capabilities is crucial for Japanese asset managers No.72 February 10, 2010 Tetsuya Inoue Small but important revisions to Section 13-3 of Federal Reserve Act No.71 February 10, 2010 Tetsuya Inoue More flexible exchange rate: is this an imminent need for China? No.70 February 10, 2010 Hajime Minamimoto Chinese securities markets' current status and future outlook No.69 February 10, 2010 Eiichi Igarashi Domestic PTSs’ untapped potential No.68 January 12, 2010 Yingqi Zhu Importance of developing information infrastructure in credit markets No.67 January 12, 2010 Sadakazu Osaki HFT likely to make Japanese debut in 2010 No.66 December 10, 2009 Ai Kawano Electronic money trends as revealed by a consumer survey No.65 December 10, 2009 Sadayuki Horie New index attempts to evaluate the world's pension systems No.64 November 20, 2009 Sadayuki Horie Hisashi Kaneko Hitomi Kawahashi Makoto Komiyama Yasunori Hokazono Atsuo Urakabe Takuya Maeyama Hiroko Tominaga Japan's Asset Management Business 2009(Summary) No.63 November 20, 2009 Hirofumi Gomi Sadakazu Osaki Japan’s Role in an Increasingly Global Financial Market - Interview with Hirofumi Gomi (Former FSA Commissioner) - No.62 November 10, 2009 Hiromichi Yasuoka ID business and settlement No.61 October 10, 2009 Sadayuki Horie Will Japanese asset management companies embrace front-office outsourcing? No.60 August 31, 2009 Franklin Allen Tetsuya Inoue Re-design of fi nancial supervisory architecture No.59 August 20, 2009 Mitsuhiro Tsunoda Takahiro Tanaka Hiroki Kato Ippei Kaneshima Equity Trading at Japanese Asset Management Firms: 2009 No.58 August 10, 2009 Hiroyuki Miyakawa Electronic claims' potential to revolutionize finance No.57 July 10, 2009 Ken Katayama Post-dematerialization reform of securities clearing systems No.56 June 10, 2009 Hiroki Kato Japan's ATS markets have promising growth prospects No.55 May 10, 2009 Hisashi Kaneko A new approach for beleaguered investment trust marketers No.54 April 10, 2009 Junichi Sakamoto Demographic Aging and Japan's Public Pension System No.53 April 10, 2009 Tetsuya Inoue The Macro Market Environment Behind the Financial Crisis and Monetary Policy Trends No.52 April 10, 2009 Sadayuki Horie Asset management business faces challenging times No.51 April 10, 2009 Kousai Arimura Toward a new era of regional banking conducive to regional economic revitalization No.50 February 10, 2009 Tetsuya Inoue Ultra-low-interest-rate policy leads to dysfunctional money markets No.49 February 10, 2009 Shungo Kai Fair valuation of illiquid financial products and its difficulties No.48 January 10, 2009 Sadakazu Osaki The folly of demonizing short-selling No.47 December 10, 2008 Mitsuhiro Tsunoda Smart order routing takes DMA to a new level No.46 December 10, 2008 Hisashi Kaneko How long before investment trust inflows resume? No.45 November 28, 2008 Kousai Arimura Yasuki Okai Current state of Japan's securitization market Securitized product investment and the information divide among fi nancial institutions No.44 October 31, 2008 Sadayuki Horie Hisashi Kaneko Hitomi Kawahashi Hidenori Sueyoshi Atsuo Urakabe Hiroko Tominaga Japan's Asset Management Business 2008 No.43 October 10, 2008 Sung-Yun Kim Slumping real estate investment market's overlooked potential No.42 September 10, 2008 Takaaki Kobayashi Proposed revisions to bank supervision guidelinesseek to strengthen risk management No.41 August 11, 2008 Hisashi Kaneko Have households become more conservative in their asset allocations? No.40 August 11, 2008 Ken Katayama Cost transparency can improve investment trust business’s efficiency No.39 July 10, 2008 Hisashi Kaneko DC pension participants' investment returns are cause for concern No.38 June 10, 2008 Yusuke Kuroda Importance of investor education in DC pension schemes No.37 May 10, 2008 Atsuo Urakabe Time for pension funds to adopt SRI policies No.36 April 10, 2008 Hisashi Kaneko Has J-SOX had any impact other than dampening investment trust sales? No.35 April 10, 2008 Kousai Arimura Japanese securitization market trends amid the subprime crisis No.34 April 10, 2008 Sadayuki Horie Hedge fund investment by financial institutions under Basel II No.33 March 10, 2008 Ken Katayama Electronic claims: a Japanese financial innovation No.32 February 10, 2008 Tomomitsu Nakamura Outlook for new 40-year JGB No.31 January 10, 2008 Tomohiro Ohana Individual investors' newfound cognizance of investment trust risk No.30 December 20, 2007 Atsuo Urakabe Household asset allocation trends No.29 November 20, 2007 SungYun Kim Real estate investment's growing appeal as a financial product No.28 October 31, 2007 Sadayuki Horie Hisash Kaneko Tomohiro Ohana Takayuki Takigawa Hiroko Tominaga Japan's Asset Management Business 2007 No.27 October 20, 2007 Sadayuki Horie Leading Japanese and foreign asset managers developing niches No.26 September 20, 2007 Kazuhisa Inoue Data management essential to business expansion at asset managers No.25 August 20, 2007 Yasuki Okai Are deposits making a comeback? -an analysis of BoJ flow-of-funds data- No.24 July 20, 2007 Hajime Takeuchi Evolving technology for web-based stock searches No.23 July 20, 2007 Mitsuhiro Tsunoda Trading 2007 No.22 June 20, 2007 Sadayuki Horie Fund inflows from investment trust customers critical to asset manager growth No.21 May 20, 2007 Kazumi Tabata Signs of growth in sales of foreign ETFs No.20 April 20, 2007 Kazumi Tabata Improving the efficiency of information delivery No.19 March 20, 2007 Masahiro Nakagaito Preventing a panic when paper shares are abolished No.18 March 20, 2007 Sadayuki Horie Tasks facing asset manager executives No.17 February 20, 2007 Kiyoto Shimba Regional banks compete for home loans No.16 January 20, 2007 Masahiro Nakagaito Benefits of investment trust mergers No.15 January 20, 2007 Sadayuki Horie Hedge fund investments at leading Japanese financial institutions No.14 December 20, 2006 Hisashi Kaneko Retail investor asset management trends No.13 November 20, 2006 Kazumi Tabata Investment trust sales through “fund supermarkets” No.12 October 20, 2006 Hiroki Kato Principal trading costs No.11 September 20, 2006 Hirohide Ogawa The Financial Instruments and Exchange Law, future financial services, and investor protection No.10 August 20, 2006 Yasutoshi Kaneko Bank sales of investment trusts and diversifying consumer needs No.9 July 20, 2006 Tomoyuki Tatara Hedge fund offerings for retail investors No.8 June 20, 2006 Kiyoto Shimba Regional banks and credit concentration risk No.7 April 20, 2006 Masashi Ikeda Impact of rising interest rates on bank spreads No.6 March 20, 2006 Yasutoshi Kaneko Sub-advisory opportunities in retail finance No.5 March 20, 2006 Masahiro Nakagaito The potential market for defined-contribution pensions No.4 February 20, 2006 Hiroki Nakazato Individual investors seeking greater diversification No.3 January 20, 2006 Yasutoshi Kaneko Fund management outsourcing by investment trusts No.2 January 20, 2006 Takahiro Tanaka Can individual investors drive stock market growth? 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